Carfentrazone-ethyl
CAS No. 128639-02-1

US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities
 
 

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ACTIVITY: Herbicide (unclassified)
Structure for Carfentrazone-ethyl:

A February 14, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Carfentrazone-ethyl: this herbicide is permitted in or on over 700 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances. 

Note: We have included the commodities approved for tolerances that were published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2004.

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.515]
[Page 488-489]

TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
IN FOOD--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Specific Tolerances

Sec. 180.515 Carfentrazone-ethyl; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are established for combined residues of the
herbicide carfentrazone-ethyl
(ethyl-alpha-2-dichloro-5-[-4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-4-
fluorobenzene propanoate) and its metabolite: carfentrazone-
chloropropionic acid (alpha, 2-dichloro-5-[-4-difluoromethyl)-4,5-
dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-4-fluorobenzenepropanoic
acid) in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
Commodity

As of
January 5, 2002

PPM

As of
September 4, 2003

PPM

As of
February 13, 2005

PPM

CFR


Caneberry subgroup 13A.

This group includes 6 commodities:
blackberry
caneberry
loganberry
raspberry
raspberry, black
raspberry, red

  Not listed this way Not listed this way 0.1 180.515
CANEBERRY SUBGROUP
0.10 0.10 Not listed this way 180.515
Corn, field, forage 0.20 0.20 0.20 180.515
Corn, sweet, forage 0.20 0.20 0.20 180.515
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husk removed 0.10 0.10 0.10 180.515
Cotton, gin by products 10 10 10 180.515
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.20 0.20 0.20 180.515
Cotton, hulls 0.60 0.60 0.60 180.515
Cotton, meals 0.35 0.35 0.35 180.515
Cotton, refined oil 1.0 1.0 1.0 180.515
Grain, cereal, hay   Not listed this way Not listed this way 0.30 180.515

Grain, cereal, group 15

This group includes 100 commodities - see Ref. 1A below.

  Not listed this way Not listed this way 0.10 180.515
Grain, cereal, stover   Not listed Not listed 0.30 180.515
Grain, cereal, straw (excluding rice)   Not listed this way Not listed this way 0.10 180.515
GRAIN, CEREAL (CG 15), STRAW (EXC RICE) 0.10 0.10 Not listed this way 180.515
GRAIN, CEREAL (CROP GROUP 15) 0.10 0.10 Not listed this way 180.515
GRAIN, CEREAL (CROP GROUP 15), FODDER 0.30 0.30 Not listed this way 180.515
GRAIN, CEREAL (CROP GROUP 15), HAY 0.30 0.30 Not listed this way 180.515
Grain, cereal, forage (excluding corn and sorghum) 1.0 1.0 1.0 180.515
RICE, GRAIN 0.1 - Not listed 180.515
Rice, straw 1.0 - 1.0 180.515
Sorghum, forage 0.20 0.20 0.20 180.515
Soybean, seed Not listed 0.10 0.1 180.515
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are
established for combined residues of the herbicide carfentrazone-ethyl
and its chloropropionic acid metabolite
in connection with use of the
pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions
[[Page 489]]
granted by EPA. These tolerances will expire and are revoked on the
dates specified in the following table.
Commodity

As of
January 5, 2002

PPM

As of
September 4, 2003

PPM

As of
February 13, 2005

PPM

Expiration/Revocation Date
Hop, dried cone 0.30 0.30 0.30 6/30/05
Tomato, paste Not listed 0.60 0.60 6/30/07
Tomato, puree Not listed 0.60 0.60 6/30/07

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8

This group includes 17 commodities - see Ref. 1B below.

Not listed 0.10 0.10 6/30/07
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[63 FR 52180, Sept. 30, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 65078, Nov. 25, 1998;
64 FR 45890, Aug. 23, 1999; 65 FR 48626, Aug. 9, 2000; 66 FR 39647,
39682, Aug. 1, 2001; 67 FR 35050, May 17, 2002; 67 FR 40211, June 12,
2002; 68 FR 37765, June 25, 2003; 69 FR 29459, May 24, 2004]

 

On September 29, 2004, US EPA published a FINAL RULE in the Federal Register establishing the following tolerances:

-- Tolerances have been established (40 CFR 180.515(a) for the combined residues of carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite -carfentrazone-ethyl chloropropionic acid (alpha,2-dichloro-5-
[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-4-fluorobenzenepropanoic acid)
- in or on the following raw agricultural commodities.

Commodity PPM Commodity PPM
Acerola 0.10 Peanut, hay 0.10
Almond, hull 0.20 Persimmon 0.10
Atemoya 0.10 Pistachio 0.10
Avocado 0.10 Pomegranate 0.10
Banana 0.20 Pummelo 0.10
Berry, group 13 (Ref 1) 0.10 Pusalan 0.10
Birida 0.10 Rambutan 0.10
Borage 0.10 Rapeseed, forage 0.10
Cacao 0.10 Rapeseed, seed 0.10
Cactus 0.10 Safflower, seed 0.10
Canistel 0.10 Salal 0.10
Canola 0.10 Sapodilla 0.10
Cherimoya 0.10 Sapote, black 0.10
Coffee 0.10 Sapote, mamey 0.10
Coconut 0.10 Shellfish 0.30

Crambe, seed

0.10 Sorghum, sweet 0.10
Custard apple 0.10 Soursop, group 0.10
Date 0.10 Spanish lime 0.10
Fat (cattle, goat, horse, and sheep) 0.10 Star apple 0.10
Feijoa 0.10 Starfruit 0.10
Fig 0.10 Stevia 0.10
Fish 0.30 Strawberry 0.10
Flax, seed 0.10 Strawberrypear 0.10
Fruit, citrus, group 10 (Ref 2) 0.10 Sugar, apple 0.10
Fruit, pome, group 11(Ref 3) 0.10 Sugarcane 0.10
Fruit, stone, group 12 (Ref 4) 0.10 Sunflower, seed 0.10
Grape 0.10 Tea 0.10
Grass, forage 5.0 Ti, leaves 0.10
Grass, hay 8.0 Ti, roots 0.10
Guava 0.10 Vanilla 0.10
Herb and Spices, group 19 (Ref 5) 2.0 Vegetable, bulb, group 03 (Ref 7) 0.10
Hops, dried cones 0.10 Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 05 (Ref 8) 0.10
Horseradish 0.10 Vegetable, cucurbit, group 09 (Ref 9) 0.10
Ilama 0.10 Vegetable, foliage of legume (except soybean), group 07 (Ref 10) 0.10
Jaboticaba 0.10 Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 (Ref 11) 0.10
Juneberry 0.10 Vegetable, legume, group 06 (Ref 12) 0.10
Kava, Kava 0.10 Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 04 (Ref 13) 0.10
Kiwi fruit 0.10 Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 02 (Ref 14) 0.10
Lingonberry 0.10 Vegetable, root and tuber, group 01 (Ref 15) 0.10
Longan 0.10 Wasabia, roots 0.10
Lychee 0.10 Wax, Jambu 0.10
Mango 0.10 Meat, byproducts, cattle, goat, horse, and sheep) 0.10
Meat, (cattle, goat, horse, and sheep) 0.10 Milk 0.05
Mulberry, Indian 0.10 Mustard, seed 0.10
Nut, tree, group 14 (Ref 6)
0.10 Okra 0.10
Olive 0.10 Palm heart 0.10
Palm heart, leaves 0.10 Papaya 0.10
Passionfruit 0.10 Pawpaw 0.10
Peanut 0.10   0.10

References:

(Ref 1-A ) Grain, cereal, group 15. This group includes 100 commodities.

barley barley, branbarley, cerealbarley, flourbarley, grain barley, pearled barleybuckwheatbuckwheat, flourbuckwheat, fodderbuckwheat, forage buckwheat, grain cereal, cooked cereal, flour cereal, flour and related products corn corn, cereal corn, field corn, field, aspirated grain fractions corn, field, dry milling corn, field, flour corn, field, grain corn, field, grits corn, field, meal corn, field, milled byproducts corn, field, refined oil corn, field, soapstock corn, field, starch corn, field, wet milling corn, pod, grain corn, pop corn, pop, grain corn, sweet corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed grain, aspirated grain fractions grain, cereal grain, crops grain, crops, except corn, fresh and rice, grain grain, crops, except wheat grain, forage and stover macaroni products millet millet, flour millet, grain millet, pearl millet, pearl, grain millet, proso millet, proso, flour millet, proso, grain noodle products oat oat and barley animal feed mixture, 97% oats, 3% barley oat, bran oat, cereal oat, flour oat, grain oat, groats/rolled oats rice rice, bran rice, cereal rice, cracked rice, cracked, malted beverage rice, flour rice, grain rice, hulls rice, polished rice rice, wild rice, wild, grain rye rye, bran rye, cereal rye, flour rye, grain sorghum, grain sorghum, grain, aspirated grain fractions sorghum, grain, brain sorghum, grain, flour sorghum, grain, grain sorghum, milled fractions, except flour teosinte teosinte, grain triticale triticale, grain wheat wheat, aspirated grain fractions wheat, bran wheat, cereal wheat, flour wheat, germ wheat, gluten, postharvest in australia wheat, grain wheat, middlings wheat, milled byproducts wheat, shorts wheat, vavilovi wheat, vavilovi, grain wheat, wild einkorn wheat, wild einkorn, grain wheat, wild emmer wheat, wild emmer, grain

(Ref 1B) Vegetable, fruiting, group 8. This group includes 17 commodities.

chili, postharvest • eggplant • groundcherry • pepino • pepper • pepper, bell • pepper, nonbell • pepper, nonbell, sweet • tomatillo • tomato • tomato, concentrated products • tomato, dried pomace • tomato, paste • tomato, puree • tomato, wet pomace • vegetable, fruiting • vegetable, fruiting, group

(Ref 1) Berry, group 13. This group includes 9 commodities.

blackberry • blueberry • caneberry • currant • elderberry • gooseberry • huckleberry • loganberry • raspberry

(Ref 2) Fruit, citrus, group 10. This group includes 43 commodities.

calamondin • citron, citrus • citrus • citrus hybrids • citrus hybrids, dried pulp • citrus hybrids, juice • citrus hybrids, oil • citrus, dried pulp • citrus, juice • citrus, meal • citrus, molasses • citrus, oil • fruit • fruit, citrus • fruit, citrus, dried pulp • fruit, citrus, except mandarin • fruit, citrus, postharvest • grapefruit • grapefruit, dried pulp • grapefruit, juice • grapefruit, oil • kumquat • lemon • lemon, dried pulp • lemon, juice • lemon, oil • lime • lime, dried pulp • lime, juice • lime, oil • mandarin, satsuma • orange, sour • orange, sour, dried pulp • orange, sour, juice • orange, sour, oil • orange, sweet • orange, sweet, dried pulp • orange, sweet, juice • orange, sweet, oil • pummelo • tangelo • tangerine

(Ref 3) Fruit, pome, group 11. This group includes 10 commodities.

apple • apple, dried pomace • apple, juice • apple, wet pomace • crabapple • fruit, pome • loquat • mayhaw • pear • pear, oriental • quince

(Ref 4) Fruit, stone, group 12. This group includes 14 commodities.

apricot • cherry, sweet • cherry, tart • fruit, stone • fruit, stone, except plum, prune, dried • nectarine • peach • plum • plum, chickasaw • plum, damson • plum, japanese • plum, prune • plum, prune, dried • plum, prune, fresh

(Ref 5) Herb and Spices, group 19. This group includes 135 commodities.

allspice • angelica • anise hyssop • anise, seed • anise, star • annatto • annatto, seed • balm • balm, dried leaves • balm, fresh leaves • basil • basil, dried leaves • basil, fresh leaves • borage • borage, dried leaves • borage, fresh leaves • burnet • camomile • caper • caper, buds • caraway • caraway, black • caraway, black, seed • caraway, seed • cardamom • cardamom, seed • cardamon amomum • cardamon amomum, seed • cassia • catnip • celery, seed • chervil • chervil, dried leaves • chive • chive, chinese • cinnamon • clary • clary, dried leaves • clary, fresh leaves • clove • coriander • coriander, leaves • coriander, seed • costmary • costmary, dried leaves • costmary, fresh leaves • culantro • culantro, leaves • culantro, seed • cumin • curry • curry, dried leaves • curry, fresh leaves • dill • dill, seed • dillweed • dillweed, dried leaves • dillweed, fresh leaves • fennel • fennel, florence, seed • fennel, seed • fenugreek • fenugreek, seed • grains of paradise • grains of paradise, seed • herbs, dried • herbs, dried, dried leaves • herbs, fresh • herbs, fresh, fresh leaves • horehound • horehound, leaves • hyssop • hyssop, tops • juniper berry • lavender • lemongrass • lemongrass, leaves • lovage • lovage, leaves • lovage, seed • mace • marigold • marjoram • mustard • mustard, seed • nasturtium • nasturtium, leaves • nutmeg • parsley, dried leaves • pennyroyal • pennyroyal, leaves • pepper, black • pepper, white • poppy • poppy, seed • rosemary • rosemary, dried leaves • rosemary, fresh leaves • rue • rue, dried leaves • rue, fresh leaves • saffron • saffron, flower • sage • sage, dried leaves • sage, fresh leaves • savory, summer • savory, summer, dried leaves • savory, summer, fresh leaves • savory, winter • savory, winter, dried leaves • savory, winter, fresh leaves • spices • spices, postharvest • sweet bay • tansy • tansy, dried leaves • tansy, fresh leaves • tarragon • tarragon, dried leaves • tarragon, fresh leaves • thyme • thyme, dried leaves • thyme, fresh leaves • vanilla • wintergreen • wintergreen, dried leaves • wintergreen, fresh leaves • woodruff • woodruff, dried leaves • woodruff, fresh leaves • wormwood • wormwood, dried leaves • wormwood, fresh leaves

(Ref 6) Nut, tree, group 14. This group includes 16 commodities.

almond • almond, hulls • beechnut • butternut • cashew • chestnut • chinquapin • filbert • nut, brazil • nut, hickory • nut, macadamia • nutmeat, processed, except peanut • nuts • pecan • pistachio • walnut

(Ref 7) Vegetable, bulb, group 03. This group includes 15 commodities.

garlic, bulb • garlic, great headed • garlic, great headed, bulb • leek • onion, dry bulb • onion, green • onion, potato • onion, potato, bulb • onion, tree • onion, tree, tops • onion, welsh • onion, welsh, tops • shallot • shallot, bulb • shallot, fresh leaves

(Ref 8) Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 05. This group includes 16 commodities.

broccoli • broccoli raab • broccoli, chinese • brussels sprouts • cabbage • cabbage, chinese, bok choy • cabbage, chinese, mustard • cabbage, chinese, napa • cauliflower • collards • kale • kohlrabi • mustard greens • mustard spinach • rape greens • vegetable, brassica, leafy, group

(Ref 9) Vegetable, cucurbit, group 09. This group includes 19 commodities.

balsam apple • balsam pear • cantaloupe • chayote, fruit • cucumber • cucumber, chinese • cucurbits • gherkin, west indian • gourd, edible • melon • melon, citron • muskmelon • pumpkin • squash • squash, summer • squash, winter • vegetable, cucurbit, group • watermelon • waxgourd, chinese

(Ref 10) Vegetable, foliage of legume (except soybean), group 07. This group includes 21 commodities.

bean, dry, forage • bean, dry, hay • bean, forage • bean, hay • bean, lima, forage • bean, lima, hay • bean, snap, forage • bean, straw • cowpea, forage • cowpea, hay • legume, forage • legume, forage, except soybean and peanut • lupin, grain, forage • lupin, grain, hay • pea, field, hay • pea, field, silage • pea, field, vines • pea, pigeon, forage • vegetable, seed and pod, fodder • vegetable, seed and pod, forage • vegetable, seed and pod, hay

(Ref 11) Vegetable, fruiting, group 8. This group includes 17 commodities.

chili, postharvest • eggplant • groundcherry • pepino • pepper • pepper, bell • pepper, nonbell • pepper, nonbell, sweet • tomatillo • tomato • tomato, concentrated products • tomato, dried pomace • tomato, paste • tomato, puree • tomato, wet pomace • vegetable, fruiting • vegetable, fruiting, group

(Ref 12) Vegetable, legume, group 06. This group includes 57 commodities.

bean • bean, adzuki • bean, adzuki, seed • bean, broad • bean, broad, seed • bean, broad, succulent • bean, dry • bean, dry, seed • bean, kidney • bean, kidney, seed • bean, lablab • bean, lablab, seed • bean, lima • bean, lima, seed • bean, lima, succulent • bean, moth • bean, moth, seed • bean, moth, succulent • bean, mung • bean, mung, seed • bean, navy • bean, navy, seed • bean, pink • bean, pink, seed • bean, pinto • bean, pinto, seed • bean, rice • bean, rice, seed • bean, runner • bean, runner, succulent • bean, snap, succulent • bean, succulent • bean, tepary • bean, tepary, seed • bean, urd • bean, urd, seed • bean, wax • bean, wax, succulent • bean, yardlong • bean, yardlong, succulent • catjang • catjang, seed • chickpea • chickpea, seed • cowpea • cowpea, seed • cowpea, succulent • guar • guar, forage • guar, seed • gum, edible • jackbean • jackbean, succulent • lentil • lentil, forage • lentil, hay • lentil, seed • lupin, grain • lupin, grain, grain • pea • pea, blackeyed • pea, blackeyed, seed •  pea, blackeyed, succulent • pea, crowder • pea, crowder, seed • pea, dry • pea, dry, seed • pea, dwarf • pea, dwarf, succulent • pea, edible podded • pea, edible podded, succulent • pea, english • pea, english, succulent • pea, field • pea, field, seed • pea, garden • pea, garden, succulent • pea, green • pea, green, succulent • pea, pigeon • pea, pigeon, seed • pea, pigeon, succulent • pea, shelled • pea, snow • pea, snow, succulent • pea, southern • pea, southern, seed • pea, southern, succulent • pea, succulent • pea, sugar snap • pea, sugar snap, succulent • pea, unshelled • soybean • soybean, aspirated grain fractions • soybean, crude oil • soybean, hulls • soybean, meal • soybean, refined oil • soybean, seed • soybean, soapstock • soybean, vegetable • soybean, vegetable, succulent • swordbean • swordbean, succulent • turtle, bean • vegetable, seed and pod

(Ref 13) Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 04. This group includes 37 commodities.

amaranth, leafy • arugula • cardoon • celery • celery, chinese • celtuce • chervil • chervil, fresh leaves • chrysanthemum, edible leaved • chrysanthemum, garland • corn salad • cress, garden • cress, upland • dandelion, leaves • dock • endive • fennel, florence • fennel, florence, fresh leaves and stalk • kale, sea • lettuce, head • lettuce, leaf • orach • orach, leaves • parsley • parsley, leaves • purslane, garden • purslane, winter • radicchio • rhubarb • spinach • spinach, chinese • spinach, new zealand • spinach, vine • swiss chard • tampala • vegetable, leafy • vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group

(Ref 14) Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 02. This group includes 18 commodities.

beet, fodder, tops • beet, garden, tops • beet, sugar, tops • burdock, edible, tops • carrot, tops • cassava, leaves • chervil, turnip rooted, tops • chicory, tops • dasheen, leaves • parsnip, tops • radish, oriental, tops • radish, tops • rutabaga, tops • salsify, black, tops • tanier, leaves • taro, leaves • turnip, tops • yam, true, leaves

(Ref 15) Vegetable, root and tuber, group 01. This group includes 83 commodities.

arracacha • arrowroot • artichoke, chinese • artichoke, jerusalem • bamboo, shoots • beet, fodder • beet, fodder, roots • beet, garden • beet, garden, roots • beet, sugar • beet, sugar, dried pulp • beet, sugar, molasses • beet, sugar, refined sugar • beet, sugar, roots • burdock, edible • burdock, edible, roots • canna, edible • carrot • carrot, culls • carrot, roots • cassava • cassava, roots • celeriac • celeriac, roots • chayote • chayote, roots • chervil, turnip rooted • chervil, turnip rooted, roots • chicory • chicory, roots • chufa • dandelion, roots • dasheen • dasheen, corm • ginger • ginger, roots • ginseng • ginseng, roots • horseradish • horseradish, roots • leren • parsley, turnip rooted • parsley, turnip rooted, roots • parsnip • parsnip, roots • potato • potato, chips • potato, culls • potato, granules / flakes • potato, granules/flakes • potato, processed potato waste • potato, wet peel • radish • radish, oriental • radish, oriental, roots • radish, roots • rutabaga • rutabaga, roots • salsify • salsify, black • salsify, black, roots • salsify, roots • salsify, spanish • salsify, spanish, roots • skirret • skirret, roots • sweet potato • sweet potato, roots • tanier • tanier, corm • taro • taro, corm • turmeric • turmeric, roots • turnip • turnip, roots • turnip, tops • vegetable, root crop • vegetable, root crop, except carrot • yam bean • yam bean, roots • yam, true • yam, true, tuber

 
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